Local hill climb specialist Martin Mikkelsen-Barron has won the VCC’s Whinlatter Hill Climb, their final club time trial of the year.
Mikkelsen-Barron of Borrowdale tackled the steep 1.75-mile course above Braithwaite in a time of 7 minutes and 23 seconds at an average speed of 14.22mph.
He was 43 seconds clear of David Gleave in second place with Luke Johnston third in a time of 8:28.
Tuesday’s hill climb was Velo Club Cumbria’s final club time trial of the year. An Open event will be run on the same course on October 2.
1. Martin Mikkelsen-Barron – 7:23
2. David Gleave – 8:06
3. Luke Johnston – 8:28
4. Kieran Hoban – 9:02
5. Julian Cook – 9:21
6. Brian Payton – 9:47
7. Asley Elsley – 9:56
=7. Alan Cornthwaite – 9:56
9. John Beck – 9:59
10. Zak Cornthwaite – 10:27
11. Sean Hoban – 10:30
12. Rob Goulding – 17:03
